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Jared Isaacman, the billionaire astronaut and commercial spaceflight figure, discusses what he calls NASA's new era, outlining his views on the agency's direction and the growing role of private industry in space exploration. The remarks are drawing attention from space policy watchers and the broader public as debate continues over NASA's future priorities, budgets and partnerships with commercial providers like SpaceX.
- 2Lessons Learned from Developing Internet Protocols▼Leveraging Lessons Learned Developing Internet Protocols
Communications of the ACM has published a feature examining lessons learned from decades of developing internet protocols. The piece reflects on how early design decisions in protocols like TCP and IP shaped today's internet, and what those experiences teach engineers building new networking standards. It comes as the technical community debates protocol design for emerging areas such as the next generation of internet architecture.
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Coyote vs. Acme, the Looney Tunes film famously shelved by Warner Bros. despite being completed, is now available on video-on-demand. The hybrid live-action/animation movie, which stars John Cena and features Wile E. Coyote, had become a symbol of studio write-offs for tax purposes before finding a release.
- 4LACMA exhibition and book explore the 'Home of the Future' from 1925 to 1985●LACMA's new book and exhibition tackle our ongoing fascination with domestic futurism https://www.wallpaper.com/art/lacm
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has launched a new exhibition and companion book examining how architects, designers and companies imagined the home of tomorrow between 1925 and 1985. The project traces a century of domestic futurism, from futuristic kitchens to experimental houses, and reflects renewed interest in how past visions of domestic technology compare with today's smart-home promises.
- 5NASA chief Jared Isaacman urges University of Arizona students to join space exploration●NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman inspires U of A students to help shape the golden age of space exploration
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman visited the University of Arizona, encouraging students to take part in what he described as the golden age of space exploration. His remarks highlighted opportunities for young researchers and engineers to contribute to NASA's missions, from lunar plans to deep-space science, as the agency seeks the next generation of talent.
- 6Coyote vs. Acme Draws Strong Early Review▼My ★★★★½ review of Coyote vs. Acme (2026) on Letterboxd: https:// boxd.it/gyi9zz ) # CoyoteVsAcme # movies # film # Lett
A highly positive 4.5-star review of Coyote vs. Acme (2026) has been posted on Letterboxd, sharing enthusiasm for the Looney Tunes-based film. The movie, long discussed after its shelving and later revival, is drawing attention as viewers share early reactions online. Fans of the franchise appear encouraged by the warm reception the film is receiving.
- 7AI Changed Programming's Difficulties, Not Removed Them●AI Didn't Make Programming Easier. It Just Made It Differently Difficult https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/ai-didnt-make-prog
A Communications of the ACM opinion piece argues that AI coding assistants have not made software development easier, but shifted where the difficulty lies. Rather than eliminating hard work, developers now face new challenges around reviewing generated code, understanding systems they did not write, and verifying correctness. The argument is resonating with programmers debating whether AI tools genuinely boost productivity or simply replace one kind of effort with another.
- 8LACMA releases new book on midcentury domestic futurism●Suck up all the midcentury domestic futurism you can get in LACMA’s new book
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has published a new book celebrating midcentury domestic futurism, the optimistic postwar design movement that imagined futuristic homes and everyday objects for American households. According to Wallpaper, the publication gathers examples of this aesthetic, encouraging readers to take in as much of the style as possible. It is being discussed among design and architecture enthusiasts interested in the era.
- 9LACMA exhibition revisits experimental utopian homes of the past●LACMA exhibition revisits the strange, utopian homes once built for the future
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has opened an exhibition examining experimental, utopian houses once built as visions of the future. The show looks back at unconventional domestic architecture and the idealism behind designs that promised new ways of living but never became mainstream.
- 10AI Made Programming Differently Difficult, Not Easier●AI Didn’t Make Programming Easier. It Just Made It Differently Difficult https:// lobste.rs/s/qhszda # ai # programming
A new opinion piece in Communications of the ACM argues that AI coding assistants have not made programming easier, but have shifted where the difficulty lies. The author contends developers now face different challenges, such as reviewing, verifying and directing machine-generated code, rather than writing everything themselves. The argument is circulating among developers and prompting debate about whether AI genuinely boosts productivity in software work.
- 11'Coyote vs. Acme' Finally Arrives on Streaming▼‘Coyote vs. Acme’ comes to streaming — Where to watch the new movie at home
The Looney Tunes film 'Coyote vs. Acme' is now available to watch at home, with outlets telling viewers where to stream it. The movie gained notoriety after Warner Bros. shelved the completed film as a tax write-off, prompting fan outcry before it was later sold and given a release. Its arrival on digital platforms marks the end of a long saga for the hybrid live-action and animation comedy.